{"product_id":"the-year-of-five-emperors-robert-n-eckert-9781778831072","title":"The Year of Five Emperors: Part 1: Pertinax","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe vicious Emperor Commodus is dead, after one cruelty too many. How should a successor be chosen?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e By election? The Senate chooses the capable bureaucrat Pertinax.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e By purchase? The Praetorians like Didius Julianus, or at least his money.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e By inheritance? Clodius Albinus is from an ancient family with imperial ties.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e By force? A major branch of the army backs the blunt Septimius Severus.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e By acclamation? The common people adore the humble Pescennius Niger.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Rival gods, too, contend for the people's loyalties. In a Rome that is tearing itself apart, the household of Tullius Secundus, a Senator of the old school, struggle to find happiness and love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert N. Eckert\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1778831079\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781778831072\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bookside Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/06\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 310\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.01lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.70d","brand":"Robert N. Eckert","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44190618222847,"sku":"9781778831072","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5a15b2c9-4fce-479e-b5bc-a211a9e37f44.jpg?v=1690871491","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-year-of-five-emperors-robert-n-eckert-9781778831072","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}